Abri e Epërme
Abri e Epërme | |
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Village | |
Abri e Epërme | |
| Coordinates: 42°38′12″N 20°47′06″E / 42.63653°N 20.78487°E | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| District | Pristina |
| Municipality | Drenas |
| Elevation | 740 m (2,430 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,027 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Abri e Epërme is a village in the municipality of Drenas, Kosovo. The village is home to 1,027 inhabitants and it's around 12 km (7.5 mi) away from Drenas.[1]
History
Kosovo War
During the Kosovo War, in the village a massacre took place. The Abri e Epërme Massacre refers to the killing of 35 civilian Kosovo Albanians, in a forest outside the village on 26th of September 1998 by Serbian Police Forces. Among the victims were women and children.[2]
The monument dedicated to the victims of the massacre
The inscription on the monument in Albanian: "Gjaku i tyre lot e dhimbje për ne, dritë lirie për atdhe" ("Their blood, tears, and pain for us; a light of freedom for the homeland").
Notable people
- Daut Demaku, writer
References
- ^ a b "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Human Rights Watch (1999). "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: A Week of Terror in Drenica, Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo".